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Message: <blockquote data-quote="net" data-source="post: 682984" data-attributes="member: 200">Overall, while Ted Thompson has continued to supply the Packers with players of  upper level ability, I've always maintained his critical flaw is he views undrafted free agents in the same vein as top level draftees.  He and cap guru Russ Ball are masters at keeping the Packers flexible under the cap. But I've always complained that that approach has also left the team('draft and develop') with a perilous shortage of depth, or talent a mile wide at the top and an inch deep behind them.The secondary is a prime example. Facing the Bears this weekend at the corners will  be two young players far down the depth chart. Every team faces injury concerns, but few place such importance on marginal players.New England has had horrible injury problems this year along with Brady's suspension. They didn't miss a beat. Why? New England scans the league for affordable veterans as backups. Thompson sees veterans as salary cap liabilities(Sitton) and replaces them with lesser, cheaper players(Taylor).Here's something else to ponder: why are the Packers seemingly every year shredded by injuries? Yes, all teams have injuries, but the Packers every year seem to have many, many people out. I think it's McCarthy's approach in the pre-season of taking it easy on the vets. They don't get 'hardened' to live action, and then when it hits, the injury bug pops up.</blockquote>

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